Pipe



Oct 20, 925. I 1,557,641 I WORTHINGTON PIPE Filed Jan. 24, 1925 Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

. UNITED srArssJ DALI WORTHIHG'IJON, OF BALTIIORE, WYLAEID.

PEEL

m, it may concern:

e cinown that 1, BALL W ORTHJNGTON, a citizen of the ljnited States, residing at Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Pipes, of-

which. the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to tobacco pipes, and has for one of its objects to provide a smoking pipe with means for absorbing moisture and saliva and preventing the same from flowing back through the smoke passage to the mouth,

Another object of the invention is to provide a smoking pipe with an absorbent device which may be conveniently inserted and which is easily grasped for removal.

Still another object of the invention is to provide such a pipe with absorbent means in the interior thereof without any unusual or objectionable conformation of the pipe.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pipe with moisture-absorbing means which is adapted to be of a definite formation and which lies partly within the stem of the bowl portion and partly within the mouthpiece.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a pipe consisting of a bowl and stem member and a mouthpiece member, one of said membershaving a portion adapted to enter the other, preferably in the form of a cylindrical reduced portion with a passage through the center thereof adapted to contain a formed absorbent member, whereby in assembling the bowl and stem member and mouthpiece member one may be rocked or rotated with respect to the other until they are in an assembled position without deforming or otherwise afi'ccting the formed awior nnt member which lies within both sections of the pipe.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will in part be apparent and in part appear from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate by way of example a preferred embodiment of the invention and in which:

Fig. l is a vertical longitudinal section taken through one form of pipe embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the mouthpiece or hit member showing the smoke- Appllcationfiled January 24, 1925. Serial lb. 4,481.

passage therein and showing a preferred ton}? of absorbent member associated therewit Referring in detailto the drawings, in the form of the inventionherein illustrated the tobacco pipe comprises the member 11, the interior 12 of which is adapted to receive a supply of smoking tobacco and having associated therewith and preferably integral with said bowl portion a stem 13.

The pipe is preferably formed in two sec tions, "one being the bowl section alcove described and the other being the mouth piece 14.

One of these members or sections is adapted to enter the other when the pi e is as sembled and is therefore provide with a reduced portion 15, herein shown as being provided on the mouthpiece and being cylindrical in shape and adapted to be received within a cylindrical opening 16 provided for that purpose in the stem member. The bowl and stem may be formed of any suitable material, preferably wood, and the mouthpiece is preferably formed of hard rubber, though it will be understood that the specific material of which the pipe is made may be varied in desired.

'The cylindrical connecting portion 15 preferably fits tightly but removably in the opening 16 and in practice when the pipe is assembled, its assembly is usually facilitated by rocking or rotating one section of the pipe with respect to the other, and at the same time urging the, connecting portion 15 into position;

The bowl and stem section is provided with a longitudinal smoke passage 17, and the mouthpiece 14 is. provided with a longitudinal smoke passage 18, said smoke passages being adapted to register with each other when the lpe is assembled for the purpose of providing a clear and unobstructive of the piece.

In accordance with the present invention,

pipe through the end of the mouth usual bowl practice as may be.

passage for the smoke from the bowl" ill) a second compartment or passage-1s provided sorbent, passage for purposes of convenient identification, and this passaqe is preferably arren .to'hold within it and retain therein a iorincd absorbenl member, such as that shown at it and Which may conveniently consist Wire Wound-with absorbent mate-- ria... in addition to being formed to retain iherewirhin, Lhe absorbent member, he stein absorbent passage is preferably arranged below and in open conununication with the stern smoke passage ll.

'ffhe' mouthpiece 14 is similarly provided with a mouthpiece absorbent passa e 2i, which is also preferably formed not only to receive bustle retain the other end of Lhe absorbent member and is also in open C011).- munication with the mouthpiece smoke 18. The mouthpiece absorbent passage is as extending nearly to the end ot the mouthpiece, but, ending short thereof in. order to leave a substantially thick portion. for Wear that may be caused by the teeth of the smoker clamping on the end of the mouthpiece.

separating and assembling the sections of the pipe for purposes of cleaning and inertinea fresh absorbent member, the procs :ses of separating and assembling the sections is often facilitated by rocking or rolab ing; one section with respect to the other and m; the same time urging the sections longitudinally. fin important object of the presan; invention to provide an absorbent in the form of a. pipe cleaner such as is now in conunon use in order to eliminate a collection of saliva, and sudin'ient. in a well in the pipe, which is most objectionable to clean, to eliin'inalesol'l, or what may be termed m1- forined absorbent members. which mustv be nicked out ol the pipe by an implement or otherwise removed with dilliculty and in a :-;oggy and dirty condition; and to provide,

iTfSi', an absorbent member having some definite shape in order that it may be easily handled for insertion or removal. second, an absorbent member which will protrude beyond the end of one section or the other when the secsicns are separated in order to facililate grasping it for removal.

Ii; will therefore be seen that when the absorbentpassage in both sections is so located that it passes through the center of the re duced connecting portion as shown in the drawings, the pipe sections may be rocked or rotated when they are assembled or separated Without jamming, distorting, or otherwise disturbing the absorbent member. The smoke passages in each section are arranged above the absorbent passages and are so located that they will register with each other to form a single uninterrupted passage from the bowl to the moutl'npiece when the sections are in an assembled pos tion.

The parsicular type of absorbcnl; member:

preferably used is of the ordinary pipe I cleaner type andconsists of spirally wound wire audabsorbent, materiahwith space between the. spirals to receive saliva in order that the sides and bottom of the absorbent member as well as the top, as it lies in the absorbent passage, ill function as an absorornt. 1

in the preferred embodiment, of the invention herein described, it will be noted than the absorbenL member does notinteriere in any way with, the cleaning of the smoke passage by the usual meshed, namely, by the insertion and withdrawal of the usual straight pipe cleaner.

it, will be seen that, the present invention provides a pipe in separable sections, one of which is adapted to hold part of an ubsorbcut, member and the other of which is adapted to hold the other part, so that when the sections are separated, the absorbent member will protrude rigidly or substan' lially rigidly from one of the sections, being thus in a position where it can be readily grasped and thrown away and a new absorbent member inserted; and it Will also be seen Lhat the absorbenl-containing passages are so arranged that the absorbent member lies in the center of the reduced connecting portion by which the sections are secured to gether so that itwill be unatl'ected by any rocking or rotating movement that may be employed to facilitate the assembly of the scict' ms; that-the smoke passage isin com- .utiunieation with the absorbent passage subshintiaily throughout its length, butthat, at the same time the absorbent passage is so shaped that it will retain therein the absorbent member and prevent it from becoming displaced into the smoke passage, thereby leaving the smoke passage free and unobstructed at all times so that il may be cleaned -with a pipe cleaner in the usual way; and, linally, that these results are achieved wholly within the pipe itself without the employment of any unusual exterior formation.

What; is claimed is:

1. A pipe including a mouthpiece portion and a bowl member having a stem portion, each of said portions having a smoke passage and an absorbent passage communicating therewith, each of said absorbent passages being adapted to receive a portion of an absorbent member, means for connecting said portions, said absorbent passages being locarted centrally of said connecting means. v

2. A pipe including a mouthpiece. portion and a bowl member having a stem portion, each of said portions having a smoke passage and an absorbent passage communicating therewith. each of said absorbent; passages being adapted to receive a portion of an ab sorbent member, means for connecting said portions. said absorbent passages being lo" cated centrally of said connecting means whereby said portions when connected may teach 'f 'saidportions beinglformed with 11' said absorbent passages; and said jsmok pas mp7,! 7 v be mm felatfize to each. thei' without. distqrbing 'an absorbent mmbeplo'c ate'd in Sages-being adapted tomegister whgn said sections are assembled.

3. A pilpejncludinga ln'outh pice port ion and. a bowl mgmbef-having' a stem pomon,

smoke passage and an absorbent passage 1 10 communicating thgrewlih 't hroughqut Its].

'- 1gngth', nie ans for comm tting said mouth In testimbny whereof ii alfix my sig natiii'ei ,1 WQRTHINGTON. 

